The apprenticeship model I'm the US is especially difficult. Why pay for electrician schooling, then struggle for three to five years earning $30k at best per y

The apprenticeship model I'm the US is especially difficult. Why pay for electrician schooling, then struggle for three to five years earning $30k at best per year, when you can get more straight out of school in any white collar job? I don't know what a better option would look like, but it is a deal breaker that some people I know personally had to wrestle with.